Battle: Los Angeles (March 11) The trailer for this alien invasion movie looks like a glorious cross between "Black Hawk Down" and "Starship Troopers." Aaron Eckhart plays a Marine staff sergeant who leads the counterattack. If there are more than 17 lines of dialogue in this movie, we'll be disappointed.

Sucker Punch (March 25) "Watchman" and "300" director Zack Snyder directs this surreal-looking action film, featuring scantily clad young women escaping an insane asylum. It looks like an exploitation film with a $100 million budget. Which is, of course, a good thing.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May 20) With the release of every "Pirates" movie, it must be disclosed that we thought making a Disney theme park ride into a movie was stupid, and predicted a flop. Four movies and a few billion dollars later ...

Super 8 (June 10) Master of hype J.J. Abrams follows up his directing effort on "Star Trek" with this original script, which has something to do with aliens.

Cars 2 (June 24) The first "Cars" is probably our least favorite Pixar film, but we're still going to give the studio the benefit of the doubt here, based on the fact that their previous four films were excellent.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July 1) The Autobots and Decepticons return for more awesome explosions and forgettable dialogue. Do we need to tell you that Michael Bay is directing?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (July 15) The Harry Potter saga finally comes to its big screen end. Even though 98 percent of the audience knows exactly what happens, this will be one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

Captain America: The First Avenger(July 22) With "Thor," "X-Men: First Class," "Green Lantern" and "Green Hornet" all coming out in 2011, "Captain America" is the superhero film we're looking forward to the most. We're basing this solely on the costumes.

Cowboys & Aliens (July 29) Jon Favreau takes a break from the "Iron Man" saga to direct an action adventure about cowboys and American Indians trying to defend the Old West against an alien invasion. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford star.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Dec. 21) David Fincher goes in another new direction, filming the acclaimed Stieg Larsson after the Swedish version was released in the U.S. early in 2010.

War Horse (Dec. 28) Two Steven Spielberg films are scheduled to be released a week apart: this World War I-era film about a cavalry horse and "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn." (Dec. 23). {sbox}